[omniORB] omniEvents 2.6.0 (All new stable release)

[Janet Tvedt]

Has anyone done any performance testing with this new version?

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Janet Tvedt
National Solar Observatory

On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 08:56, Alex Tingle wrote:
> website: http://omnievents.sf.net/
> 
> I am proud to announce omniEvents 2.6.0, the culmination of nearly a
> year's development and testing.
> 
> omniEvents 2.6.0 is an almost entirely new implementation of the OMG 
> Event Service Specification v1.1 for omniORB. It builds upon the
> foundation of omniEvents v2.4.
> 
> This new version contains a number of significant enhancements:
> 
>  o Each Proxy type is individually designed for optimal performance,
>    and minimal use of system resources.
> 
>  o Implements a sub-set of the Fault-Tolerant CORBA specification.
>    Servers may be configured to operate in pairs - if one fails then
>    clients automatically switch over to the alternate.
> 
>  o Event channels can be federated, which allows multiple servers to
>    share the load of delivering events to many clients across a wide
>    area network.
> 
>  o Event channels can be configured to only pass on events of a
>    particular CORBA type. Combined with channel federation, this
>    allows Consumers to choose which type of events to receive.
> 
>  o The server runs as a daemon on Unix or a service on Windows. A
>    SysV style init file can be automatically installed on Unix, to
>    get you up and running with minimum fuss.
> 
>  o omniEvents is now much better documented. There are detailed
>    installation instructions, full code documentation and even a
>    tutorial on writing an Event Service client.
> 
>  o Implements OMG Event Service Specification v1.1 - with the correct
>    disconnection semantics. This makes it much easier to write
>    clients that can disconnect cleanly.
> 
> Full documentation is here:
>  http://omnievents.sf.net/doc/index.html
> 
> WARNING: This release is NOT backwards compatible. If you are
> upgrading from 2.4.1 or earlier, then remove your current
> installation before installing the new version.
> 
> -Alex Tingle